Dr. Neel Burton ist ein Psychiater und Philosoph, dessen Schriften sich mit den komplexen Aspekten der menschlichen Psyche und Erfahrung auseinandersetzen. Er schöpft tiefe Erkenntnisse aus der Schnittstelle von Psychiatrie und Philosophie und bietet eine einzigartige Perspektive auf Themen wie Selbsttäuschung, Emotionen und den Sinn des Lebens. Sein Stil zeichnet sich durch scharfe Analyse und einen zugänglichen Ansatz aus, der Leser mit komplexen Ideen fesselt, die durchdacht präsentiert werden. Burton's Werk regt zu einem tieferen Verständnis von uns selbst und der Welt an und erforscht, wie wir unser Innenleben und unsere äußeren Realitäten gestalten.
This award winning book opens up the debate on mental disorders. For example, what is schizophrenia? Why does it affect human beings but not other animals? What might this tell us about our mind and body, language and creativity, music and religion? What are the boundaries between 'madness' and 'normality'? And what about genius?
This clear and concise primer provides detailed coverage of all the major wine styles and regions, together with introductory notes on the history of wine, viticulture, winemaking, and blind tasting. It seeks throughout to examine in what ways a particular wine is unique and different from other, similar wines. For example, why and in what ways is Pauillac, in Bordeaux, different from Pomerol, also in Bordeaux? Why and in what ways is Mosel Riesling different from Riesling from the Rheingau, or the Nahe, or Alsace, Austria, or Australia? Written by former members of the Oxford University Blind Tasting Society, this book is dedicated to all wine lovers, and should prove particularly useful to competitive blind tasters, higher level students, winemakers, wine traders, and sommeliers.
It has forever been said that we are ruled by our emotions, but this today is truer than ever. Yet, the emotions are utterly neglected by our system of education, leading to millions of mis-lived lives. This book proposes to redress the balance, exploring over 30 emotions and drawing some powerful and astonishing conclusions along the way.